Concealable bed.



O. B. BURNS. GONOEALABLB BED. APPLICATION FILED APE. 15,:1913,

Patented F9113, 1914.

IN VEN TOR,

#VI TNE S SE 5 B Y n A-TTCRNEY GEEKESJ E. BURNS, Q15 Shit FRANGISCQ, CEtLIFORNIA.

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' it known that l, l3 litmus, e citizen of the States, residing at ---,Ssn Francisco, in the county of Sen disco and State of (Ieli'fornis, i are invent ed new and useful mprovements in Eon-- ceelable Beds, of which the fbllowing is a specification.

' The object of the present invention is to provide a simple construction of concealeble bed, which, when not in use, can be passed into a closet through the door of said closet, and can be extended from said closet into a room for use, the door of the closetthen being closed. in such concealable beds, the

bed is swung upward about a low horizontel axis into a vertical position in which it r'estssageinst a frame, and the frame and b'eddn-this vertical position are then moved from the room iutothe closet.

Iiissniuch as my invention is only concerned with the mechanism for so transferring the bed .and items from the room into the closet, or from extending the same from the closet into the room, the mechanism connected with the raising of the bed to a ver-' tical position, and other details of construc tion which form no part of my invention, are not here shown in detail, the bed itself being ftgonly indicated diagrammatically,

Inthe accompanying drawing, Figure l is a horizontal section ofthe Wells of a closetand of the room, Oil the line 11 0: Fig. 2, showing in vplertview the bed frame moveble'in and out of said closet; Fig. 2 is :1 broken front View of the some; is a vertical transverse section of the some; Fig, his a view, similar to Fig. l, of s. modifies tion of the invention used with closet of different form.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates {I dividingwall between e'closet :2 and a room 3, said wall having therein an opening 4 closed by the door 5. In upper and lower bearings 6, 7, secured to the rear side of said well 1, is a vertical shaft 8 from which extendupper and lower horizontal arms 9,

11), said arms being bent at right angles at a short distance from the shaft 8. The outer ends of sol d arms are connected to s vertical shaft 12, which passes through. upper and lower bearings 18, 14, connected to the top and bottom of the middle portions of the rear side of a bed frame 15, the bed itself, indicated diagrammaticallyat 16, being secured to said frame in any desired Letters Patent.

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To place the bed in the closet, it is first moved into theposition indicated in the dotted lines at b, in which the arms 9, 10, are turned through substantially a right angle, thebed frame remaining parallel to its former position. The bed frame is then swung on the vertical shaft 12 to the positier. shown in dotted lines at c. In this position rollers 22, carried at the top and bottom of the bed frame respectively enter the open ends of upper and lower ciannels 23, 2 1, which guide the bed in its-movement. As the arms 9, 10 further turn on theaxis of the vertical shaft 8, the rollers 22 travel in a direction directly backward from the openit will be obscrvedthat by the above 0011-.

trivence the bed frame is always maintained. at a considerable distance from the opposite of the door opening, so that a bed of considerable width and. thickness can by this means he passed through a comparatively narrow opening. When the bed is withdrawn the slots 18, 19, are concealed by shutters 25', hinged as shown at 26, at their upper edges, which shutters are automatically raised, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, by the arms in moving outward through the slots; It is obvious that the door can be closed when the bed. in the extended position or when the bed is withdrawn into the closet, and it is also seen that in this hitter position ample room is efiordcd to enter the closetthrough the door. It is also obvious that, if desired, the bed can be lowered for use in the position shown at Z) as well as in the position shown at a.

Fig. 4: shows a modification of the construction for use with a. closet of much smaller length and somewhat greater width.

In this position longer arms essary.

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l. in combination. with the Wall of a room having an opening theretlnrongh, a bed frame, an arm pivoted thereto on a vertical axis between the sides of said bed frame, said aim being also pivoteiil on a vertical at the rear of said wall, said wall. hav' ing an open-ended. slot entirely thcrethi'ough to permit said arm to extend therethrough in the extended position of the bed.

2. In combination with the wall oi? a room having an opening therethrongh, a bed frame, a bent arm pivoted thereto on a vertical axis between the Siifir} of said bed frame, said arm being also pivoted on ver ticai axis at the rear of said wall, said wall. having an open-ended siot to permitsaid ai in to extend therethrongb in the extended position of the bed.

3. In combination with the Wail. of a room having an opening tl'ieretlii'lmgh, a bed frame, an arm bent in a horizontal plane and pivoted thereto on a vertical axis between. the sides of said bed rance, said arm being also pivoted in a vertical axis to the rear side of said Wall.

i. In combination. with the wall of a room having an opening theretlnxnggh, a bed frame, a bent arm. pivoted thereto on a vertical axis between the sides of said bed frame, said arm being also pivoted on a vertical axis at the rear of said w ll, and a stationary guide adapted to be engaged by a porcion of the bed frame to guide the bed with the i'noveinent of said arm.

5. in con'ibination with the wall on a room having an opening therethrough, a bed iranio, an arm givoted thereto on a vertical axis between the sides of said bed frame, said arm being also pivoted on a vertical. axis at the rear of said wall, said waii haw ing an open-ended ,lot to permit said arm to extend therethrongh in the extended position of the bed and a stationary guide neo adapted to be engaged by a portion of the bed. frame to guide the bed with the movement of said arm.

6. incombination with the wall of a room having an opening therethrough, a bed frame, an arm pivoted thereto on avertical axis' between the sides of said bed frame, said arm being also pivoted on a vertical axis at the rear of said Wall, said wall hav ing an open-ended slot to permit said arm to extend therethrough in the extended position of the bed, a bent channel secured to the, floor on one, side 01"; said Wall, and a roller carried by the bed frame and engaging said channel.

7. In combination with the wali of a room frame, an arm pivoted to the bottom of the bed frame on a vertical axis between the sides of said bed frame, said arm being also pivoted on a vertical. axis at the rear of said wall, said wall having an open-ended slot entirely thorethrough to permit said arm to extend therethrough in the extended position of the bed, and a hinged shutter for closing said slot.

8. In combination. with the wall of a room having an opening therethrough, a bed frame, an arm pivoted to the bottom of the bed frame on a vertical axis between the sides of said bed frame, said arm being also pivoted on a vertical axis at the rear of said Wali, said wall having an open-endcd slot entirely therethrong'h to permit said arm to extend therethiough in the extended posh tion of the bed, hii'iged shutter for closing said slot and arranged to be automatically raised by the outward movement of said arm.

In testimony whereof i have herminto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

ORETLAN B. BURNS. Witnesses F. M. Wnioi-i'r, I). B. .RICHARDS:

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